Casey Phair

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Casey Phair
Casey Phair at LA Clippers game in January 2024
Phair in January 2024
Personal information
Full name Casey Phair [1]
Date of birth (2007-06-29) 29 June 2007 (age 16)[1]
Place of birth South Korea
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Angel City FC
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Angel City FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2023– South Korea U-17 2 (5)
2023– South Korea 5 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:56, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Casey Yu-Jin Phair (Korean: 케이시 유진 페어;[2] born 29 June 2007) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for NWSL club Angel City FC and the South Korea national team. She was the youngest player to ever feature in a FIFA Women's World Cup, having made her debut in the tournament in 2023 at the age of 16 years and 26 days old.[3][4]

A Korean American who was raised in New Jersey, United States, Phair was the first multiracial footballer to ever receive a call-up to the South Korea women's national team.[3][4] She is also one of very few footballers to have been capped by a high-level senior national team before having ever played professionally for any club.

Early life[edit]

Phair was born in South Korea to an American father and South Korean mother.[3][5][6] Her family moved to the United States when she was one month old.[6] Formerly residing in Exeter, New Hampshire,[6] she then moved to Warren Township, New Jersey, where she subsequently started playing soccer at the Pingry School, and training at the Players Development Academy (PDA) in New Jersey.[5][7][8]

Club career[edit]

Angel City FC[edit]

Following her strong 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup performance, Phair trialed with the her local NWSL club, NJ/NY Gotham FC, as well as the Kansas City Current and Angel City FC.[9] On 18 January 2024, Angel City announced that they had signed Phair to a three-year deal. She is the youngest player ever to sign with the club.[10]

International career[edit]

Phair played for the South Korea under-17 team before she was called up to the senior team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3] She helped the under-17 team qualify for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, scoring two goals against Tajikistan and three goals against Hong Kong.[5]

At the 2023 Women's World Cup, Phair became the youngest player to ever appear in a senior World Cup— men's or women's— at the age of 16 years and 26 days, coming on as a substitute in South Korea's opening game against Colombia on 25 July 2023;[11] the distinction had been previously held by Ifeanyi Chiejine.[12][13] In the process, she also became the youngest footballer to have reportedly won a cap for a women's senior national team, a record that was later broken by Una Rankić in September of the same year.[14] Phair played in all three of South Korea's group stage matches and went on to make her first start in the team's final match against Germany, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[15]

On 26 October 2023, Phair scored her first senior goal, as well as her first hat-trick, in a 10–1 win over Thailand in the second round of the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament:[16][17] in the process, at 16 years and 119 days of age, she became the second youngest goalscorer in the history of the South Korean women's senior national team,[16][17] behind only Ji So-yun.[17] She also became the youngest player to ever score a hat-trick for any South Korean national team, in men's or women's football.[17]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 12 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Playoffs[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Angel City FC 2024 NWSL 0 0 – – 0 0
Career total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Includes NWSL Playoffs.

International[edit]

As of match played 24 February 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2023 4 3
2024 1 1
Total 5 4
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Phair goal.
List of international goals scored by Casey Phair
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 26 October 2023 Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China  Thailand 1–0 10–1 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament [16][17]
2 6–0 [16][17]
3 7–0 [16][17]
4 24 February 2024 Cidade do Futebol, Oeiras, Portugal  Czech Republic 2–0 2–1 Friendly [18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Phair Casey Yu-Jin Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. ^ Includes NWSL Playoffs.
  3. ^ a b c d Church, Michael (4 July 2023). "South Korea call up US-born teenager Phair for Women's World Cup". Reuters. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2023 FIFA Women's World Cup team-by-team preview". ESPN.com. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Yoo, Jee-ho (10 June 2023). "Half-Korean forward named to S. Korean training camp roster ahead of Women's World Cup". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Anzidei, Melanie. "Casey Phair, the US-based rising star poised to make World Cup history for South Korea". The Athletic.
  7. ^ "U.S. Under-15 Women's Youth National Team Will Bring 36 Players to March Training Camp in Chula Vista, Calif". U.S. Soccer. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  8. ^ Olivola, James (25 September 2022). "Girls' Soccer: Phair's Hat Trick Propels Pingry to Comeback Win at Bridgewater-Raritan". TAPinto. Bridgewater/Raritan, New Jersey. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. ^ "After 16-year-old Casey Phair became the youngest-ever World Cup player with Korea, the NWSL is next". ESPN.com. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Angel City Signs South Korea International Casey Phair". Angel City. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Youngest 2023 Women's World Cup players: Phair, Dragoni, Scott". ESPN. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  12. ^ Dure, Beau (25 July 2023). "Colombia v South Korea: Women's World Cup 2023 – live". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  13. ^ Subramaniam, Tara (25 July 2023). "US-born Casey Phair becomes youngest player in World Cup history". CNN. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  14. ^ Todić, Maja (25 September 2023). "Una Rankić, čudo od deteta i svetska rekorderka!". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  15. ^ "South Korea Sends Germany Out, Letting Morocco Move On". The New York Times. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  16. ^ a b c d e Yoo, Jee-ho (26 October 2023). "S. Korea rout Thailand to begin women's football Olympic qualifiers". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g Jeong, In-seon (26 October 2023). "여자축구, 올림픽 예선서 태국 10–1 대파…케이시, 해트트릭 폭발". Naver (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Czechia vs Korea Republic - 24 February 2024". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

External links[edit]

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